THIS WEEKBrown SugarRolling Stones tribute band Brown Sugar present some of the best songs from the Rolling Stones over the past 50 years like they should — energetic, live and loud. Smash Palace, Friday, 8.30pm. Tickets from...

When cruise liner Celebrity Edge set sets off from Fort Lauderdale in the United States with an all-female officer crew on International Women's Day, former Gisborne resident Cassie Mead will make history. It will be the first time a cruise ship has...

Stuffed bread fritters are an easy to make at home snack. Crispy on the outside and mushy inside, they have a spicy and tangy taste that is sure to give a mouth-watering experience. Enjoy this potato-filled treat with a cup of hot tea or coffee. 3...

Murray Robertson traces the development of the sculpture, to be blessed tomorrow, marking the revered Gisborne surf break at Roberts Road . . .Roberts Road will forever be known as the birthplace of surfing in Gisborne, where so many of the local...

Choose a position with full sun and well-drained soil. Enrich the soil with Yates Dynamic Lifter Organic Plant Food. When planting into prepared garden bed, ensure seedlings are well spaced — at least 20 to 30cm apart. Dig the planting hole twice as...

Seabirds known as brown boobies occasionally visit New Zealand waters and two such guests have temporarily joined the Australasian gannets at Nick’s Head. Ecoworks co-founder Steve Sawyer tells Mark Peters their story . . .Visitors from the...

EXHIBITIONSTairawhiti MuseumThe Company of Potters which explores creative/social relations linking three kilns and New Zealand ceramicists, runs until April 15. Paintings by Rosemary Parcell. Horse riding and dressage influence her work. Da Vinci...

The soul end of the blues spectrum comes this way with sartorial storyteller and wordsmith, Isaiah B Brunt. Known for his haunting soulful ballads as well as full-blown, straight-ahead blues, the Australian artist worked as an audio engineer but...

The day Debbie Gregory found out she had won a place on the council in last year's local body elections, her eldest daughter Sam quipped: “There's only one occupation less liked than a journalist — that's a politician.”Debbie laughs heartily...

Breathe life into your indoor areas with a ‘happy plant' (Dracaena or fragrans). Also called corn plants, they're hardy plants with attractive long arching leaves growing from the top of bare, thick woody stems. Choose a spot in the indoors that is...

Summer is a time of platters and these tasty treats will enhance any antipasto offering. Mary-Jane Richmond shares a favourite recipe . . .Bought crackers will be a thing of the past after you have made these for the first time. Perfect with any...

On July 1, 2018, power supply to a communal laundry shed at Orange Grove was switched off by the complex's manager. It is one of two communal laundries on site but the only one that had the power cut off. Manager Ian Summersby argues the use of the...

Got something going on? Let The Guide know at guide@gisborneherald. co. nz or telephone 869-0630. This weekLola Sola: Sydney-based Kiwi soul-bird + Missing Link & Subsekretary Smash Palace, tomorrow (6.30pm). $10 cash only. Troy Kingi + Tyna Keelan, The...

ABOUT 500 people were captivated by the documentary Tupaia’s Endeavour that premiered in Gisborne last year. For those who missed it, the largely overlooked story of the Tahitian star navigator who joined Lieutenant James Cook’s expedition from...

At the forefront of the Tairāwhiti vaccination roll-out during the day and breaking a sweat at night, Metcon Mauri gym coaches are fighting misinformation in the region every day. Gisborne Herald reporter Akula Sharma talked to some of them about...

I'VE been living less than an hour from Rotorua for some years now, and you’d think a jaunt to this tourist mecca every so often would be in the diary. Sadly, it took a suggestion from my Gizzy friends to make Rotorua the destination for our...

When it comes to improving the taste, texture, and flavour of your meatless dishes or recreating plant-based versions of animal-based ingredients, it's all about knowing the right techniques. Maybe your tofu buffalo wings didn't come out crispy...

Unleash your own sense of spring fever and embrace the elements around Rotorua. The thrills are free on the lakefront boardwalk, a fresh development which has just been completed. There are some truly beautiful touches, like the lookalike silic...

Aline, The Voice of LoveDome Cinema, tonight, 7pm. Summer FrequenciesSummer Frequencies Festival will host some of the biggest names in Kiwi music including House Of Shem, DJ Noiz, Tomorrow People, Ardijah, Herbs, Scribe and Che Fu. March 4 and 5...

After a long hot summer, we welcome some cooler temperatures during March, the first month of autumn, and the opportunity to grow and enjoy a wonderful new season of plants. PomegranatesThe popularity of pomegranates is increasing as more people are...

From reaching the regional finals last year to taking up a spot in the national finals of Tangata Beats this year, reggae band Nga Rau Mahara are one of the few emerging youth bands in the region. The Gisborne Girls' High School band consists of...

Mark Harris returned home after five years in the Cook Islands to take up the role of principal at Te Wharau School. Born and raised in Gisborne, Mark comes from a family of educators, with both of his parents teaching in Gisborne. Teaching runs in...

It IT WAS three years ago but due to snow and bad weather, we never made it over the pass. To vary it she decided to firstly explore the upper Wilkin Valley referred to as Jumboland. As we had done the five-hour trudge up the valley last time we...

ROMANCE is at the heart of the fairytale Beauty and the Beast, and who doesn’t love a romance? asks Amelia Williams who plays Belle, the Beauty of the story in Musical Theatre Gisborne’s upcoming production. The story is also about transformation...

The 47-year-old farmer was brought up on Te Hoe Station at the end of Willow Flat Road on the Mohaka River in Hawke's Bay, in the shadow of the Mangaharuru Ranges.“It was a charmed childhood, isolated but surrounded by native bush and some of the...

The war room’s table-top battleground comes to mind in Conor Jeory’s Beds and Lying in Them show at Verve cafe. In World War 2 movies, secretaries rake tanks and troops, submarines and ships, into position as tactics develop. A similar principle...

By night they locked the Gisborne rockers in the former psychopaedic institution in Levin. By day, technicians at the former hospital unbolted the doors to record Lazy Fifty’s new album, Fifty Shades of Lazy. Despite the album’s title, the...

A simple spanakopita-inspired pie (or filo parcels) to use all those sprightly spring greens, with a heavy dose of fresh herbs and complemented with salty feta. I generally use silverbeet as the main green component in this pie because it grows...

Saturday, March 23Gisborne Parkrun. A weekly 5km run or walk for all abilities. Meet at Waikanae Beach Playground for 8am start. Kid, dog and pram-friendly. See http://www. parkrun. co. nz/gisborne/St Andrew’s Car Boot Sale. A variety of...

JOHN Dyer does not go looking for disasters and conflict, but he has just spent over a decade in the world’s hotspots. He has been everywhere from war-torn Afghanistan to countries still reeling from the 2004 Asian tsunami, and most notably in...